Malaria kills 1,200 children a day: UNICEF
Nearly 8 million children in Sudan to be immunized against measles following deadly outbreak – UNICEF
A child receives a vaccination in Sudan.
Global vaccination targets ‘off-track’ warns WHO
Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million deaths each year from preventable diseases. In the lead-up to World...
Babies May Be More Sensitive to Pain Than Adults
3.8 Million Chickens To Be Killed After Bird Flu Outbreak at Iowa Farm
Could High-Dose Insulin Prevent Type 1 Diabetes in High-Risk Kids?
Drugs that activate brain stem cells may reverse multiple sclerosis
An artist’s representation of the study. Scientists found that certain drugs were able to promote remyelination in mouse...
Global pandemic of fake medicines poses urgent risk, scientists say
Poor quality medicines are a real and urgent threat that could undermine decades of successful efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Scientists report up to 41 percent of specimens failed to meet quality standards in global studies of...
NIH study finds genetic link for rare intestinal cancer
Shown is a section of the small intestine, with the wide distribution of multiple carcinoid tumors identified by sutures.
Genes May Be Tied to Cardiac Arrest Risk in Dialysis Patients
